Who Is AGAR?

Chairperson

AGAR Chairperson

PathWest, Fiona Stanley Hospital, Murdoch, WA

Professor Geoffrey Coombs is the Chair of Public Health at the School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University and the Senior Clinical Scientist for PathWest Laboratory Medicine – WA, Fiona Stanley Hospital.

Deputy Chairman

AGAR Deputy Chairperson

Pathology Queensland, Central Laboratory, Queensland

Professor Nimmo is State Director of Microbiology for Pathology Queensland and Professor at Griffith University School of Medicine. He was a founding member of AGAR, having attended the first meeting in Sydney in 1985.

Secretary & Treasurer

AGAR Secretary & Treasurer

Concord Hospital, Sydney, NSW

Professor Gottlieb is the immediate past president of the Australian Society for Antimicrobials (ASA) and past president of the Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases (ASID), and has been chair of advisory committees supervising training in Infectious Diseases and Microbiology.

Scientific Officer

AGAR Scientific Officer

PathWest, Fiona Stanley Hospital, Murdoch, WA

Ms. Denise Daley has a 40 year background in medical microbiology in NSW and WA, and currently works for PathWest Laboratory Medicine – WA at Fiona Stanley Hospital in Perth. Denise has been the Australian Group for Antimicrobial Resistance (AGAR) Scientific Officer since 2011.

Executive Committee

AGAR Executive Committee

The Canberra Hospital, Canberra, ACT

Professor Collignon is an Infectious Diseases physician and microbiologist at the Canberra Hospital. He is currently Executive Director of ACT Pathology. He is also a Professor at the Australian National University Medical School.

Executive Committee

AGAR Executive Committee

Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Victoria

Ms. Despina Kotsanas is currently working as the senior scientist in the Monash Infectious Diseases department at Monash Health-Monash Medical Centre in Victoria and has been an executive committee member of Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance (AGAR) since 2014.

Executive Committee

AGAR Executive Committee

Westmead Hospital, Sydney, NSW

Professor Jon Iredell is Perth-born Infectious Disease Physician and Microbiologist who spends half his time at Westmead hospital in a combined Infectious Diseases/Microbiology Department and half his time in research supported by NHMRC at the University of Sydney.

Scientific Advisor

Use of AGAR Data:

Please Note: The Australian Group for Antimicrobial Resistance (AGAR) approves the use of AGAR surveillance data provided that Permission has been obtained from AGAR, The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare (ACSQHC) and AGAR are acknowledged in all presentations and publications, and AGAR provides editorial input for all publications.